Grasim Industries will invest in the equity capital of a special purpose vehicle that recently acquired Swedish pulp company Domsjo Fabriker to reduce debt component. The board of the Aditya Birla flagship company has approved investment of Swedish Kroner 380 million (about Rs. 280 crore) to buy little more than 33% stake in Aditya Holding AB, the Birla group subsidiary that acquired Domsjo last month.
The two other shareholders in Aditya Holding AB are the group's international subsidiaries, PT Indo-Bharat Rayon, Indonesia and Thai Rayon Public Company. The transaction now brings Grasim in direct ownership of the Swedish pulp company. Pulp is the main raw material for making viscose staple fibre.
Grasim is among the world's largest makers of the fibre and the acquisition of the Swedish company was aimed at reducing the cost of raw material for the Aditya Birla group.
Aditya Holding acquired Domsjo for SEK 2.12 billion. While Aditya Holding AB invested SEK 1,140 million as equity, an interim funding of SEK 1,022 million has been done through bank loans.
Grasim will invest in the equity of Aditya Holding at the same price at which Indo-Bharat Rayon and Thai Rayon had invested. Aditya Holding will use the proceeds for repayment of the total loan of SEK 380 million contributed by Indo-Bharat Rayon and Thai Rayon. Grasim is a leading producer of VSF and is expanding its capacity by 156,500 tonnes through a Greenfield project at Vilayat in Gujarat and an expansion at Harihar in Karnataka.
Company Name | CMP |
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Grasim Industries | 2493.85 |
DCM Shriram | 1065.45 |
Birla Corporation | 1264.35 |
Surya Roshni | 547.90 |
3M India | 30745.80 |
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